Leaked MrBeast Docs Reveal ‘Beast Games’ Entry Terms

• YouTube star MrBeast has a new competition show premiering Thursday on Amazon Prime Video.
• BI saw a copy of a participant release form and other documents for the initial “Beast Games” round.
• An entertainment lawyer said the documents were fairly standard but expansive in their terms.

Documents obtained by Business Insider reveal the terms that contestants on MrBeast’s competition show, “Beast Games,” were asked to agree to during a preliminary round.

The terms prohibit contestants from disclosing information about the show, which debuts Thursday on Amazon Prime Video. Contestants who break the deal before the final episode airs must pay the producer and the network $500,000 for each break. After the final episode airs, each breakup will cost contestants $100,000, the documents state.

The documents also ask contestants to accept that their portrayal on the program may be “derogatory, defamatory, embarrassing or otherwise unfavorable in nature” and may subject them to “public ridicule, humiliation or condemnation.”

Daniel J. Ain, an entertainment attorney at RPJ Law, said the terms are largely standard for a competition show, but some — like the threat of a $500,000 fee for each breach — are particularly expansive.

“The producers are using every tool available to give them ultimate flexibility to make the show and protect themselves from liability,” Ain told BI, calling the documents a “participant agreement on steroids.”

“Beast Games” is a 10-episode physical competition show where contestants compete for a $5 million prize. YouTube’s top star – whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson – is the host.

The show has attracted quite a bit of controversy ahead of its release. ONE New York Times report in August cited “over a dozen” contestants who said they did not receive enough food or medical care during the preliminary round of the competition in Las Vegas.

The documents obtained by Business Insider relate to the Las Vegas shoot, where over 2,000 contestants took part in physical challenges designed to see who would make it to the show’s official production round in Toronto.

The documents include information about the show, a participant questionnaire form and an overview of the show’s official rules and protocols. By signing the form, participants gave full consent to the use of hidden cameras and recording devices, gave the producers full authority to edit footage, and agreed to participate for no money. Potential prizes were the only form of compensation.

A person close to the production characterized the Las Vegas production as a “promo shoot” for the show and said Amazon was not involved. Amazon did not respond to a request for comment from BI.

Read 24 pages of the documents below:

Note: BI omitted some pages from the document that contained the participant’s personal information and a few pages with minimal or repetitive information.